An article titled Why Chinese (and other Asian) are Superior. (I don't know why but I can't get the link to work so the url is http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704111504576059713528698754.html)

I know some people will be offended just by the title but I really think it's worth reading. Now, I'm Chinese and I want to raise my children in pretty much the Chinese/Asian fashion. My parents were never as strict as the author of this article and I definitely feel that, because of this, I've wasted many years of my life not accomplishing much. Other people would probably think my parents were comparatively really strict, but they weren't. I think they realized that in the recent years and have tried to be more strict with my brother but it's a little bit too late. They were too lenient in the early parts of his life and I pretty much see him as a failure. I know that's kind of harsh to say about your own brother, but it's the truth.

My boyfriend is Chinese too but even though his parents were immigrants, he was raised in more of a Western way. Thankfully, my boyfriend was the middle child and somehow turned out the best. I guess overall, they aren't that bad if I compared it to everyone in the US. But if my children were like them, I would seriously cry.

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I went on a Winter Retreat with my Rotaract club this weekend up to Truckee and we came back today. It was so much fun and definitely a very good bonding experience. I didn't get to bond with everyone that went but now I'm glad that I went.

After I got dropped off, I went to lunch with my boyfriend and cleaned up around the apartment before my parents came up. When they did, we kind of just chilled around the house and then had hot pot. Now I have to do an online bio prelab that's due at 9am on Monday even though we don't have classes.

I think I'm going to aim for smaller blog entries that what I'm used to doing. I think that way, it will encourage me to update more often since I don't have to really write out my day detail to detail.

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